Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Democratic primary)

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Maryland's 4th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: February 24, 2026
Primary: June 23, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Maryland
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on June 23, 2026, in Maryland's 4th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
February 24, 2026	June 23, 2026	November 3, 2026

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Maryland law stipulates that political parties can determine for themselves who may participate in their primary elections. As of October 2025, both the Democratic and Republican parties operated a closed primary where only a voter affiliated with the party may vote in a party's primary.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Maryland's 4th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Republican primary)
• Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2026

Candidates and election results

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4

Incumbent Glenn Ivey, Khyre Edwards, Anthony Field, Jakeya Johnson, and Jonathan White are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 4 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Glenn Ivey
	Submit photo	Khyre Edwards
		Anthony Field
		Jakeya Johnson
		Jonathan White

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Khyre Edwards

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I am a dad, an advocate, a writer, and a gig worker. Throughout my career I have worked to help those in need find housing, navigate the criminal justice system, find nutritious food and healthcare. I have spent my free time writing about politics, and voter education, co-founding Florida For Change in order to help elect progressives in the state of Florida. I am the second of four kids, and as a proud middle child I have 34 years of experience learning how to negotiate and lead. Slightly less experience time wise, I also have 20 years of experience canvassing and sharing information about the Democratic party. I believe that corruption has seeped into every aspect of government and we need to clean up our House. I will not be accepting money from corporations, or Super PACS - with one exception, if AIPAC looks at my policies and still wants to send me money, I will happily spend it on the largest Palestinian flag I can find in Maryland."

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Key Messages

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The United States government is unstable and on the brink of collapse, we must make major government reforms to stabilize the government. Some major issues are Climate change, corruption, and an abuse of agencies like ICE.

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The United States is currently unaffordable, but with a few quick changes this does not have to be the case. Housing is the most pressing issue, but childcare and education are also huge expenses. Day to day expenses like high interest rates and towing add up as well.

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The United States imperialism is destructive to the world and now that it is being turned inward towards us we cannot allow It to go unchecked. Supporting a genocide in Gaza, ignoring another one in Sudan, kidnapping Venezuela's president, bombing Iran... This was all within the last year. We are still using the War on drugs as an excuse to kill people, so why not end it?

Anthony Field

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I'm a broke millennial and working-class organizer running for Congress in Maryland's 4th District. I've spent more years uninsured than covered. l've relied on SNAP, Medicaid, and every scrap of paid leave just to stay afloat. My life has been shaped by the same rigged system that millions of Americans are forced to survive under every day. In 2015, was the youngest intern in my White House class. dropped out of college to take that opportunity, maxed out credit cards just to get to D.C., and saw firsth and how disconnected our "leaders" are from the people they're supposed to serve. Since then, I've organized frontline campaigns across the country from climate justice to healthcare to workers' rights. And right now, I'm an out-of-work organizer, narrating sci-fi on YouTube, freelancing to get by, and fighting for a country where the rest of us finally have a shot. I'm not running to impress donors or consultants. I'm running because our government doesn't need another millionaire placeholder someone who's Iived this struggle and is fired up enough to fight back."

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Key Messages

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The rich didn't get rich on their own they got rich off us. My Wealth Reclamation Tax is a simple 0.5% tax on Wall Street trades that will generate hundreds of billions in public investment without taxing working people a dime. Every dollar will be locked to housing, healthcare, education, good jobs, and democratic reforms the very things our communities have been denied. It's time to reverse the decades of theft, speculation, and greed.

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I'm not here to fight for one issue I'm here to fight for you and help build a movement That means good union jobs, clean air and water, housing that's affordable, schools that lift kids up, and healthcare that doesn't bankrupt families. I don't believe in piecemeal survival, I believe in covering people fully and restoring dignity across every part of life. This campaign is about building a society where your zip code, your job title, or your bank balance doesn't decide whether you get to live well.

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l'm not taking a dime from corporate PACS or AIPAC. I'm not here to play the insider game or work the backrooms of D.C. I'm here to co-govern with the people of this district to listen, to show up, and to deliver. My loyalty is not for sale. I'm beholden only to the folks I'm asking to represent. If elected, every vote cast and every policy fight for will be rooted in what serves our community not the highest bidder.

Jakeya Johnson

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I’m a mom, union steward, proud HBCU graduate, reproductive justice advocate, and nonprofit leader from a blue-collar family. I’ve spent my career standing up for people who are usually ignored in politics: Workers, parents, immigrants, people navigating our broken health care system, and families who've been priced out of opportunity. I’m not a career politician. I’m a neighbor who believes Congress should work the way our communities work, by listening first, putting people at the center, and making sure government is accountable to us, not corporations and the wealthy 1%."

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Key Messages

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People First. Decisions should serve everyday people, not corporations, and not political favors.

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Community Driven. My work has always been in our neighborhoods. Elected or not, I will stand shoulder to shoulder with my neighbors, not just in the halls of power.

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No Corporate Money. I’m refusing all corporate, PAC, and dark money because my accountability belongs to the people, not to special interests. My campaign is fueled by neighbors, not lobbyists.

Jonathan White

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I fought back against Trump's cruel family separation policy from inside government - now I'm retired from the service and ready to fight in Congress. I just retired in October 2025 from the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Under four U.S. Presidents, I served in uniform on disaster and crisis response missions for the federal government, most recently leading disaster recovery and disaster behavioral health missions for the US Department of Health and Human Services. In Trump's first term, I led the pushback from inside the government against Trump's cruel policy of separating children from their parents at the Southwest Border. I tried unsuccessfully to prevent family separation, and then led the mission to reunify children separated from their parents at the US border. In testimony before Congress, I defied political appointees to describe the harms of family separation to children, and I advocated an end to separation for reasons other than the safety of the child. Earlier in my career, I was an oncology social worker, a college professor, an international labor union campaigner, a union organizer, and community activist. I am an out bisexual man, a suburban husband and father of two in a multi-racial, multi-religious family. I have seen firsthand what Trump and his enablers are capable of, and I have also proven that I am dedicated to defense of federal workers, immigrants, and American families."

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Key Messages

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RESTORE FEDERAL WORKERS AND CRITICAL FEDERAL PROGRAMS Nothing is more urgent for Democrats than stopping the brutal assault on federal career public servants, and rebuilding the critical federal programs that Trump has gutted. If Democrats win the majority, I have a plan to rapidly restore the federal workforce to their jobs. We must also de-politicize government by eliminating most non-Senate-confirmed politically appointed positions; modernize the Hatch Act; build new systems for independent oversight; and create negative consequences for all members of Congress every time there is a government shutdown, such as mandatory replacement of sitting members by others of their own party any time there is a lapse in appropriations.

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PROTECT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM ICE OUT OF CONTROL The most dangerous assaults on democracy today are being conducted by Trump, Miller, and Homan using a masked, militarized secret police under the banner of immigration enforcement. We must: -Defund the secret police. -Require federal law enforcement to take off their masks and wear their badges and agency indicia. -Outlaw family separation. -Close ICE concentration camps. -End ICE human trafficking to third-country warzones and torture prisons. -Move immigration courts from DOJ to the Judicial Branch. -Restore ombudsmen and DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office -Seek comprehensive immigration reform to end the failed experiment of criminalizing immigration

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SAVE OUR LIFESAVING NATIONAL SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE As a career leader in the public health and disaster response systems of our government, I have seen firsthand how Trump, Noem, and Kennedy are demolishing these systems we need for lifesaving. -Protect American kids' access to vaccines. -Save CDC -Require the HHS Secretary to have a background in health and/or human services -Roll back the gutting of FEMA -Reform the Stafford Act -Restore National Weather Service, FEMA, and USAID -Expand the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps -Build a modern disaster response system for the real, current Global Climate Emergency

Voting information

See also: Voting in Maryland

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Glenn Ivey	Democratic Party	$270,021	$232,009	$343,401	As of September 30, 2025
Khyre Edwards	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Anthony Field	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Shavonne Hedgepeth	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jakeya Johnson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jonathan White	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

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• District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026

Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+39. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 39 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 4th the 4th most Democratic district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in Maryland's 4th Congressional District

Kamala Harris	Donald Trump
85.0%	12.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Maryland, 2024

Maryland presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 22 Democratic wins
• 10 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Winning Party	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	R	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also: Party control of Maryland state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Maryland's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Maryland
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	7	9
Republican	0	1	1
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	8	10

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Maryland's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in Maryland, October 2025

Office	Officeholder
Governor	Wes Moore
Lieutenant Governor	Aruna Miller
Secretary of State	Susan Lee
Attorney General	Anthony Brown

State legislature

Maryland State Senate

Party		As of January 2026
	Democratic Party	34
	Republican Party	13
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		47

Maryland House of Delegates

Party		As of January 2026
	Democratic Party	102
	Republican Party	39
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		141

Trifecta control

Maryland Party Control: 1992-2025
Twenty-two years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Maryland in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Maryland, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Maryland	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	1% of the eligible voters for the district	$100	2/24/2026	Source
Maryland	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	10,000	$100	8/3/2026	Source

See also

• Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2026 (June 23 Republican primary)
• Maryland's 4th Congressional District election, 2026
• United States House elections in Maryland, 2026 (June 23 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Maryland, 2026 (June 23 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain-Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)

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